Facebook keeps gaining users despite flurry of scandals

By Katelyn Caralle

Published April 26, 2018 5:59pm ET

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Facebook keeps gaining users despite flurry of scandals — Facebook announced Wednesday the site experienced an increase in active users in the first quarter of 2018, reversing a decline in users from the quarter before as the company is under siege from privacy complaints and censorship allegations. “Despite facing important challenges, our community continues to grow,” Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in […]

Facebook announced Wednesday the site experienced an increase in active users in the first quarter of 2018, reversing a decline in users from the quarter before as the company is under siege from privacy complaints and censorship allegations.

“Despite facing important challenges, our community continues to grow,” Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement posted to Facebook.

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